TommyT-Bone wrote:
The drive and spirit of those that fought I believe is all in the past.

I JUST FINISHED WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ABOUT HIS WW II EXPERIENCE. (HE WAS A SNOBBISH EAST COAST LIBERAL BUT HE SURE COULD WRITE WELL) HE WAS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME OPINION AS YOU.
I'M NOT. THE GUYS IN VIET NAM WERE AS GOOD AS ANYBODY EVER WAS. IN 1966 I TOOK THE BEST PLATOON OF CAVALRY SINCE BEDFORD FORREST'S ESCORT TO NAM, ALL DRAFTEES BUT ME AND THE NCOS. AND THE GI'S IN '70-'71 WERE AS GOOD. NAPOLEON SAID THERE ARE NO BAD TROOPS, JUST BAD OFFICERS.

Unfortunately, if they saw what we are today they might have chose to go AWOL instead.

AND THAT'S NOT FAR FROM THE TRUTH.